Akos Vereckei
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's canoeing | |||
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | K-4 1000 m | |
| Gold | 2004 Athens | K-4 1000 m | |
Akos Vereckei (born August 26, 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian canoer, who has won two Olympic gold medals in the team kayak events. One of the sport's top stars, he has also had outstanding success at the canoeing World and European Championships.
His favourite event is the K1 500m. He won three consecutive world titles (1998-2001). In 2005 he won his fifth straight European title over this distance. His reign came to an abrupt end in 2006 when he was beaten by Zoltan Benko in the Hungarian trial and was therefore unable to defend his title.
For the 2006 World Championships in Szeged he was however again selected for the Hungary K4 1000m boat which won the gold medal by a margin of over a second ahead of Poland and Belarus.
Vereckei is a member of the Budapest Honvéd FC club. He is 188 cm (6'2") tall and weighs 88 kg (194 lbs).
[edit] World Championships
- 2006 World Championships - gold medal, K4 1000m
- 2003 World Championships - silver medal, K4 1000m
- 2002 World Championships - bronze medal, K2 1000m
- 2001 World Championships - gold medal, K1 500m
- 2001 World Championships - fourth place, K1 1000m
- 1999 World Championships - gold medal, K1 500m
- 1999 World Championships - gold medal, K4 1000m
- 1999 World Championships - bronze medal, K4 500m
- 1998 World Championships - gold medal, K1 500m
- 1997 World Championships - gold medal, K4 500m
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